After lunch with the emperor and his ministers, Zhu Gaoxu invited the ministers to sit around the cases in the northwest corner, also called the palace maid Xiaohe to make tea.The matter has not been finished.
Sure enough, Hu Yi, the Minister of Rites, quickly mentioned the Tatars. Dali Temple punished "Hatu" for death. The Tatar envoy was still willing to submit to his subordinates. When I visited the envoy Maer Hazi, I observed it and realized that they seemed to be only concerned about the remnants of the Tatar tribe in the northwest.
Hu Yi pondered for a moment and then said directly: If you are really guessing correctly, Benjali's son is in Hamiwei, should we still agree to the Tatars to borrow the passage?
Qi Tai and Gao Xianning didn't say anything, they seemed to be thinking about something. Well... Zhu Gaoxu just made a meaningless voice.
If the Ming Dynasty court did not want to return the son of the Mongolian Khan, there would be no need to agree to let the remnants of the Tatar tribe borrow the matter.
And just send someone to Hamiwei and take all the Tatars back.
To this day, King Zhongshun of Hami Wei is still willing to obey the Ming Dynasty's orders.
Qi Tai said: I think that Kublai Khan's descendants may be a good thing for the Ming Dynasty to continue the throne of the Mongol Khan.
Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and said: Let’s continue.
Qi Tai said: The most unfavorable situation on the northern grasslands was that a warlike leader annexed the tribes; then they would gather strength and have all their might to invade the south.If Alutai had not been dedicated to supporting the Yuan Dynasty royal family as Khan, the tribes would have annexed each other in the chaos until a Genghis Khan-like figure appeared.However, it is difficult for heroes to unify the grasslands by relying solely on the Yuan Dynasty royal family.
Zhu Gaoxu quickly responded: Some truths are at least one of the only ones.
Just like the Tatar Hatu, who just arrived in the capital, wanted to do whatever he wanted; as long as he had the chance, most people in the grassland tribes might want to invade the south, which was almost an inevitable choice.
The north has relatively scarce supplies and people have difficulty making a living, and next to it is a huge and rich agricultural land. How can the tribes stop the idea of plundering?
Such a situation may not change until the cavalry completely loses its advantage.
Or they themselves have the worries of survival and cannot gather troops to attack.
Qi Tai means the latter, not allowing the Mongolian tribes to be twisted together so that they can restrain each other.
Zhu Gaoxu said: When thinking about the leaders in the north, first of all, we should concentrate our efforts to eliminate worries; then we should wait for the opportunity.The best time to take action is to wait until the Ming Dynasty declines, or the martial arts preparations are relaxed over time.
As everyone discussed, the palace maids began to patrol tea.Gao Xianning drank oolong tea from Fujian tribute, and the previous symptoms of dry retching seemed to have been relieved.
Gao Xianning put down the teacup and said: What Qibutang said is a general idea, but I am a little puzzled by some small things.Since the remnants of the Tatars could escape from the Wassar (Simonyan tribes) and run to the Hamiguard; it seems that at first the Wassar may not have known that Benjali had a son among them.Later, the Wasat people suddenly went to threaten the Hami Wei King Zhongshun, so they should have known this secret.How did the thorn man know?
He glanced around and said: Maybe there is always a way to find out the news.However, how could the Tatars in the east get news in time? Where did the Tatar leader Arutai learn that Benjali had a son and was in Hamiwei after he had a son?
Qi Tai and Hu Yi both nodded slightly, probably thinking that what Gao Xianning said was a bit strange.
However, everyone was sitting in the imperial palace thousands of miles away, and it was impossible for them to know such a specific thing.
Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said: Send someone to Ningxia Prefecture and ask He Fu to send an envoy to ask King Zhongshun and report everything that Hami Guard knows in detail.
Qi Tai, Minister of War, bowed and said: I received the order and immediately sent the Ministry of War official documents.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at Hu Yi again: Hu's tribe hall could agree to the Tatar envoy to allow the remnants of the Tatar tribe in Hamiwei to return to China through the passage.
Hu Yi said: I will obey the order.
The tea was almost gone, so Zhu Gaoxu got up.Several people stood up and thanked each other for their gratitude and retreat.
Zhu Gaoxu has been preparing for the tour of the north for a long time. Now that the itinerary is determined, the team of people will leave Beijing in late June.
The guards were guarding the army, about 10,000 infantry and cavalry, and there were also Jinyiwei's ceremonial guards, eunuchs, civil and military officials' entourage, etc., with more than 10,000 people accompanying them.
The civil officials included Gao Xianning, Hou Hai, etc., accompanied the generals Qiu Fu and Wei Dada, as well as Chen Dachui and Wang Yu who led the troops.
Of course, in addition to these civil and military officials, there are also many clerks.
The Ming Dynasty court has fully entered the civil service system, and everything is running up and down, and it is necessary to rely on a large number of official documents. Without officials, it is impossible to do things effectively.
There were two imperial concubines who left the capital with him, the imperial concubine Mu Zhen and the virtuous concubine Yao Ji, as well as the concubines, Duan Xuehen and Shen Baoyan in their respective palaces.Zhu Gaoxu agreed with Miao Jin's meaning and let her stay in the capital this time.
Because Prince Zhu Zhanhe was still young, he could not supervise the country.During the time when the emperor left Beijing, the memorials and official documents changed from the red to the blue, and they still operated according to the method originally designed by Wude.
The decision-making bodies are the cabinet and the Dianbao Office, and their offices are all in Wuying Hall, and the rules are a bit complicated.There are three main ways to deal with various government affairs and memorials.
Most of the memorials collected by the Tongzheng Department are normal questions. Generally, there is no dispute, so the plan with the largest number of supporters in the cabinet will be decided; then sent to the Dianbao office for review. If no one objected, the memorial approval will take effect.
The second situation is, if things are controversial.
After the cabinet discussed matters and made a reluctant decision, the memorial was sent to the Dianbao office, and one of the six people in the Dianbao office opposed it; the objector explained the reason and put it aside. The memorial was sent to the emperor's palace in the north, and Zhu Gaoxu personally made a judgment.
There are also some matters that some people oppose and cannot be dealt with immediately; but the matter is more urgent and cannot be delayed.
Those on duty in Wuying Palace encountered such a thing, the Dianbao Office would discuss it. As long as three people determined that this matter was indeed an emergency memorial; then the decision of the memorial would be immediately approved based on the cabinet's conclusion.
All government affairs summary will be recorded in the file and will be sent to the palace regularly for Zhu Gaoxu to read.
After the expansion of cabinet ministers, there were eleven people, six people in Dianbao Office, and seventeen people belonged to different yamen, and even one noble general and one eunuch; there were officials from both old and new sects.
Therefore, everything is restricted and involved, and the result of decisions is generally not too absurd.
Compared to the prime minister's administration and placing all major matters on a person's morality, ability, and awareness of not forming a party and tyranny, Zhu Gaoxu felt that the rules he had arranged were better.
Perhaps as time goes by, new problems will arise; but so far, the operation of the Cabinet and the Dianbao Office is still quite good.
During the Hongwu period, there was Prime Minister Li Shanchang.
When Emperor Taizu found that there was a problem with the prime minister, he had to correct the distribution of power, so he had to wipe out the gang members of the prime minister on a large scale, involving a large number of deaths, and even abolished the prime minister system in terms of rules.
Zhu Gaoxu speculated that if someone had problems with his own method, he would just replace him from the position of the yamen hall official.Stability is better than that of the prime minister.
Before the brigade of guarding the horse was about to set off, Zhu Gaoxu asked the Liuke Office to copy a mansion report to the governments north of the river.
Orders and officials from all local governments and prefectures and counties shall not drive out the people out of the city to greet them without authorization, and may only submit a report.
The people are not allowed to be plundered or materials are transported to reward the army.
Wherever the army goes, build tents on its own or send people to requisition houses.
The grain required for guards and horses is issued by the palace to call the government treasury in various places; other fees are collected by officials and cash...
In late June, Zhu Gaoxu led his people to worship Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong in the capital, and then led a large group of people to cross the river.
After crossing the river, they will first go to Fengyang, Zhongdu to pay homage to the Zhu family's earlier ancestral imperial tomb.
The weather is clear and the sun is just rising, and the weather is a little stuffy.
All the civil and military officials were sent to the ferry of Shangyuan Gate and bid farewell by the river.
Zhu Gaoxu first took the Sima Luan carriage out of the city, and got off the car when he got on the boat, and accepted the court's ceremony to pay farewell to the officials.
After the ferry broke down, Zhu Gaoxu climbed the stern of the big ship.As the warship slowly left the shore, he watched the scenery of the capital on the shore on the river.
Inside and outside the continuous city walls, magnificent city towers and countless pavilions gathered in the capital, and the tall pagodas stood among them.
On the river and the river, sails are like clouds, and the boats are traveling.
Even outside the capital city, the population living in the city is increasing, and there are many beautiful manor courtyards.
Looking at the capital from afar, it is really prosperous.
However, when the boat Zhu Gaoxu was riding gradually moved away from the capital, he was in a very good mood at this time, as if he had reached a wider world, and was refreshed.
Looking back, he has always been a person who likes to walk around, and in the years since the Northern Expedition, he has never left Beijing.
He couldn't explain how he could hold back for such a long time.
After a while, Mu Zhen also came over.
Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and saw that she was wearing a robe, a bun, and dressed as a man, as if she was quietly slipping out of Prince Mu's mansion while in Yunnan.
However, her beautiful and thin appearance many years ago has now become more charming as a woman. Only her eyes still have a beautiful smile, making people look like spring breeze.
Mu Zhen clasped her fists and said, "I have met the Lord."
Zhu Gaoxu reached out to help her gently, pointed to the scenery in the south, and said casually: People outside must want to enter this city, but people inside want to come out from time to time.
What the Lord said is extremely true.Mu Zhen responded, then walked to the railing, and watched the scenery of the capital in the morning sun with Zhu Gaoxu.
The ferry slowly sailed to the north bank of the river, and Zhu Gaoxu's journey to the northern tour this year began this year.
Sure enough, Hu Yi, the Minister of Rites, quickly mentioned the Tatars. Dali Temple punished "Hatu" for death. The Tatar envoy was still willing to submit to his subordinates. When I visited the envoy Maer Hazi, I observed it and realized that they seemed to be only concerned about the remnants of the Tatar tribe in the northwest.
Hu Yi pondered for a moment and then said directly: If you are really guessing correctly, Benjali's son is in Hamiwei, should we still agree to the Tatars to borrow the passage?
Qi Tai and Gao Xianning didn't say anything, they seemed to be thinking about something. Well... Zhu Gaoxu just made a meaningless voice.
If the Ming Dynasty court did not want to return the son of the Mongolian Khan, there would be no need to agree to let the remnants of the Tatar tribe borrow the matter.
And just send someone to Hamiwei and take all the Tatars back.
To this day, King Zhongshun of Hami Wei is still willing to obey the Ming Dynasty's orders.
Qi Tai said: I think that Kublai Khan's descendants may be a good thing for the Ming Dynasty to continue the throne of the Mongol Khan.
Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and said: Let’s continue.
Qi Tai said: The most unfavorable situation on the northern grasslands was that a warlike leader annexed the tribes; then they would gather strength and have all their might to invade the south.If Alutai had not been dedicated to supporting the Yuan Dynasty royal family as Khan, the tribes would have annexed each other in the chaos until a Genghis Khan-like figure appeared.However, it is difficult for heroes to unify the grasslands by relying solely on the Yuan Dynasty royal family.
Zhu Gaoxu quickly responded: Some truths are at least one of the only ones.
Just like the Tatar Hatu, who just arrived in the capital, wanted to do whatever he wanted; as long as he had the chance, most people in the grassland tribes might want to invade the south, which was almost an inevitable choice.
The north has relatively scarce supplies and people have difficulty making a living, and next to it is a huge and rich agricultural land. How can the tribes stop the idea of plundering?
Such a situation may not change until the cavalry completely loses its advantage.
Or they themselves have the worries of survival and cannot gather troops to attack.
Qi Tai means the latter, not allowing the Mongolian tribes to be twisted together so that they can restrain each other.
Zhu Gaoxu said: When thinking about the leaders in the north, first of all, we should concentrate our efforts to eliminate worries; then we should wait for the opportunity.The best time to take action is to wait until the Ming Dynasty declines, or the martial arts preparations are relaxed over time.
As everyone discussed, the palace maids began to patrol tea.Gao Xianning drank oolong tea from Fujian tribute, and the previous symptoms of dry retching seemed to have been relieved.
Gao Xianning put down the teacup and said: What Qibutang said is a general idea, but I am a little puzzled by some small things.Since the remnants of the Tatars could escape from the Wassar (Simonyan tribes) and run to the Hamiguard; it seems that at first the Wassar may not have known that Benjali had a son among them.Later, the Wasat people suddenly went to threaten the Hami Wei King Zhongshun, so they should have known this secret.How did the thorn man know?
He glanced around and said: Maybe there is always a way to find out the news.However, how could the Tatars in the east get news in time? Where did the Tatar leader Arutai learn that Benjali had a son and was in Hamiwei after he had a son?
Qi Tai and Hu Yi both nodded slightly, probably thinking that what Gao Xianning said was a bit strange.
However, everyone was sitting in the imperial palace thousands of miles away, and it was impossible for them to know such a specific thing.
Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said: Send someone to Ningxia Prefecture and ask He Fu to send an envoy to ask King Zhongshun and report everything that Hami Guard knows in detail.
Qi Tai, Minister of War, bowed and said: I received the order and immediately sent the Ministry of War official documents.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at Hu Yi again: Hu's tribe hall could agree to the Tatar envoy to allow the remnants of the Tatar tribe in Hamiwei to return to China through the passage.
Hu Yi said: I will obey the order.
The tea was almost gone, so Zhu Gaoxu got up.Several people stood up and thanked each other for their gratitude and retreat.
Zhu Gaoxu has been preparing for the tour of the north for a long time. Now that the itinerary is determined, the team of people will leave Beijing in late June.
The guards were guarding the army, about 10,000 infantry and cavalry, and there were also Jinyiwei's ceremonial guards, eunuchs, civil and military officials' entourage, etc., with more than 10,000 people accompanying them.
The civil officials included Gao Xianning, Hou Hai, etc., accompanied the generals Qiu Fu and Wei Dada, as well as Chen Dachui and Wang Yu who led the troops.
Of course, in addition to these civil and military officials, there are also many clerks.
The Ming Dynasty court has fully entered the civil service system, and everything is running up and down, and it is necessary to rely on a large number of official documents. Without officials, it is impossible to do things effectively.
There were two imperial concubines who left the capital with him, the imperial concubine Mu Zhen and the virtuous concubine Yao Ji, as well as the concubines, Duan Xuehen and Shen Baoyan in their respective palaces.Zhu Gaoxu agreed with Miao Jin's meaning and let her stay in the capital this time.
Because Prince Zhu Zhanhe was still young, he could not supervise the country.During the time when the emperor left Beijing, the memorials and official documents changed from the red to the blue, and they still operated according to the method originally designed by Wude.
The decision-making bodies are the cabinet and the Dianbao Office, and their offices are all in Wuying Hall, and the rules are a bit complicated.There are three main ways to deal with various government affairs and memorials.
Most of the memorials collected by the Tongzheng Department are normal questions. Generally, there is no dispute, so the plan with the largest number of supporters in the cabinet will be decided; then sent to the Dianbao office for review. If no one objected, the memorial approval will take effect.
The second situation is, if things are controversial.
After the cabinet discussed matters and made a reluctant decision, the memorial was sent to the Dianbao office, and one of the six people in the Dianbao office opposed it; the objector explained the reason and put it aside. The memorial was sent to the emperor's palace in the north, and Zhu Gaoxu personally made a judgment.
There are also some matters that some people oppose and cannot be dealt with immediately; but the matter is more urgent and cannot be delayed.
Those on duty in Wuying Palace encountered such a thing, the Dianbao Office would discuss it. As long as three people determined that this matter was indeed an emergency memorial; then the decision of the memorial would be immediately approved based on the cabinet's conclusion.
All government affairs summary will be recorded in the file and will be sent to the palace regularly for Zhu Gaoxu to read.
After the expansion of cabinet ministers, there were eleven people, six people in Dianbao Office, and seventeen people belonged to different yamen, and even one noble general and one eunuch; there were officials from both old and new sects.
Therefore, everything is restricted and involved, and the result of decisions is generally not too absurd.
Compared to the prime minister's administration and placing all major matters on a person's morality, ability, and awareness of not forming a party and tyranny, Zhu Gaoxu felt that the rules he had arranged were better.
Perhaps as time goes by, new problems will arise; but so far, the operation of the Cabinet and the Dianbao Office is still quite good.
During the Hongwu period, there was Prime Minister Li Shanchang.
When Emperor Taizu found that there was a problem with the prime minister, he had to correct the distribution of power, so he had to wipe out the gang members of the prime minister on a large scale, involving a large number of deaths, and even abolished the prime minister system in terms of rules.
Zhu Gaoxu speculated that if someone had problems with his own method, he would just replace him from the position of the yamen hall official.Stability is better than that of the prime minister.
Before the brigade of guarding the horse was about to set off, Zhu Gaoxu asked the Liuke Office to copy a mansion report to the governments north of the river.
Orders and officials from all local governments and prefectures and counties shall not drive out the people out of the city to greet them without authorization, and may only submit a report.
The people are not allowed to be plundered or materials are transported to reward the army.
Wherever the army goes, build tents on its own or send people to requisition houses.
The grain required for guards and horses is issued by the palace to call the government treasury in various places; other fees are collected by officials and cash...
In late June, Zhu Gaoxu led his people to worship Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong in the capital, and then led a large group of people to cross the river.
After crossing the river, they will first go to Fengyang, Zhongdu to pay homage to the Zhu family's earlier ancestral imperial tomb.
The weather is clear and the sun is just rising, and the weather is a little stuffy.
All the civil and military officials were sent to the ferry of Shangyuan Gate and bid farewell by the river.
Zhu Gaoxu first took the Sima Luan carriage out of the city, and got off the car when he got on the boat, and accepted the court's ceremony to pay farewell to the officials.
After the ferry broke down, Zhu Gaoxu climbed the stern of the big ship.As the warship slowly left the shore, he watched the scenery of the capital on the shore on the river.
Inside and outside the continuous city walls, magnificent city towers and countless pavilions gathered in the capital, and the tall pagodas stood among them.
On the river and the river, sails are like clouds, and the boats are traveling.
Even outside the capital city, the population living in the city is increasing, and there are many beautiful manor courtyards.
Looking at the capital from afar, it is really prosperous.
However, when the boat Zhu Gaoxu was riding gradually moved away from the capital, he was in a very good mood at this time, as if he had reached a wider world, and was refreshed.
Looking back, he has always been a person who likes to walk around, and in the years since the Northern Expedition, he has never left Beijing.
He couldn't explain how he could hold back for such a long time.
After a while, Mu Zhen also came over.
Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and saw that she was wearing a robe, a bun, and dressed as a man, as if she was quietly slipping out of Prince Mu's mansion while in Yunnan.
However, her beautiful and thin appearance many years ago has now become more charming as a woman. Only her eyes still have a beautiful smile, making people look like spring breeze.
Mu Zhen clasped her fists and said, "I have met the Lord."
Zhu Gaoxu reached out to help her gently, pointed to the scenery in the south, and said casually: People outside must want to enter this city, but people inside want to come out from time to time.
What the Lord said is extremely true.Mu Zhen responded, then walked to the railing, and watched the scenery of the capital in the morning sun with Zhu Gaoxu.
The ferry slowly sailed to the north bank of the river, and Zhu Gaoxu's journey to the northern tour this year began this year.
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